Wednesday, July 24, 2013

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The Argentine football season officially ended last week after Newell's was eliminated in the Copa Libertadores semifinals on a penalties shootout vs Ronaldinho's Atletico Mineiro where they missed 3 in a row after a 2-2 aggregate.
Probably the end of an era for Newell's, as coach Gerardo Martino is leaving, top scorer Ignacio Socco too and there are rumors that Gabriel Heinze could retire.

But...football never stops in this part of the world.
After some short vacations all teams have already started their winter trainings as Inicial 2013 is only a couple of weeks away (1st round kicks off on August 2nd).
While River, Racing, Lanus, Belgrano and Velez will have a double competition because they will play Copa Sudamericana, San Lorenzo will be the only one involved in three tournaments because besides the league and the international tournament, they are also still in Copa Argentina Quarterfinals.

The transfers market started quietly but is heating up lately.
San Lorenzo was one of the most active, getting a few young players like San Martin's left back Emanuel Mas, Quilmes' Fernando Elizari and Martin Cauteruccio, plus ex Espanyol goalkeeper Cristian Alvarez.
River is another team that looks stronger with playmaker Jonathan Fabbro (ex Boca, Cerro Porteño) and according to reports Colombian striker Teo Gutierrez and Arsenal's midfielder Carlos Carbonero might join soon.

Boca is on the quiet side so far. Walter Ervitti left as well as Leandro Somoza, and their biggest new name for now is ex Colon's striker Emanuel Gigglioti.

Velez won 1-0, the outcome was the predicted one in the Free Preview but the game wasn't.

Velez
looked much more focused and played better for 20 minutes but the game
changed after that. Newell's dominated, and they had their best chance
in a penalty kick that included a red card for Velez' captain Fabian
Cubero.

Ignacio Scocco missed his 3rd penalty in a row (not counting the
penalties shootout vs Boca in the Quarterfinals of Copa Libertadores) but they kept dominating for the remaining
60 minutes of the game, having the best chances to score, while Velez
was just holding to the 1-0 lead.

Should have been definitely at least a draw but Velez is the "Super
Champion" and will play Copa Sudamericana and Copa Libertadores next season.

This was Lucas Pratto only goal of the game:

Football doesn't stop of course, Copa Libertadores resumes this week with the semifinals (Olimpia beat Colombian side Santa Fe 2-0 last night) and Newell's will host Ronaldinho's Atletico Mineiro at Rosario tonight in a game that could have been the final of this competition.

Most teams started their winter training camps this week with little news in a transfer market.

One of the most important news that is probably going under the radar is that 38 years old Juan Sebastian Veron will try to come out of retirement to play for Estudiantes.

Also Colon has a new coach, ex San Martin's Ruben Forrestello who was deserving a chance in a team that isn't fighting to avoid relegation, and like it was confirmed a few weeks ago, ex Boca's Julio Cesar Falcioni is All Boys' new coach.

Boca is undergoing major rebuilding: Clemente Rodriguez didn't renew his contract and will play for Sao Paulo, Walter Ervitti said he wants to leave, Leandro Somoza will be transferred and Santiago Silva was licensed while he negotiates a transfer.

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